Gadget News
TomTom Spark Music hands-on: a fine little player for fitness
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 23:11
Today we've gotten our hands on the TomTom Spark, a new sports watch aimed at runners, primarily. This device works with a preloaded set of songs on a list called Running Trax, including 30-minutes of upbeat tunes curate...
Marshall Headphones Stockwell, a tiny speaker with big sound
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 22:39
The folks at Marshall Headphones reveal a device they call the "biggest little speaker" in its class. This device looks like an amplifier - much like the last several independent speakers the brand has made - but it's a ...
The Gear S2 is great - now Samsung's big IoT challenge begins
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 23:33
Samsung is off to a great start with the Gear S2 smartwatch, with its great UX and broad Android compatibility, but its challenge is only just beginning. The circular-screen wearable is prompting broadly positive first-i...
Napping with Samsung SLEEPsense
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 18:47
I confess, I was a little suspicious when Samsung invited me to take a nap at its IFA booth. Turns out though, it wasn't a strange casting couch experience they had in mind, but a quick test of the new Samsung SLEEPsense...
This Professor Can Teach Anyone Calculus Using These Simple, Beautiful Animations
Gizmodo - 3 Sep 2015 16:00
Calculus: A word that triggers involuntary fear spams in the best of us. But the days of slogging through tedious textbook derivatives are over, if you want them to be. For the past few years, people across the world hav...
Why Did 60,000 Antelope Drop Dead Over Four Days?
Gizmodo - 3 Sep 2015 23:45
When 60,000 critically endangered saiga antelope dropped dead in central Kazakhstan in June, it had to have been a major bummer for the veterinarians who had just arrived to study the herd. Those wildlife vets have since...
Skype mobile apps updated with redesign, more features
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 23:34
Skype has introduced version 6.0 for both Android and iOS, and both updates are big -- the apps have been overhauled, with the starting point of that overhaul being redesigns. Skype says the newest version is both more i...
Playdate: Going back to school with 'No Pineapple Left Behind'
Engadget - 3 Sep 2015 23:30
Back to school. Those three words can strike fear in even the hardiest of kids. We're celebrating the beginning of the semester a little differently, because, well, that's what we do on Playdate. Rather than spend the af...
Ricoh Theta S camera captures 360-degree scenes
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 23:00
Ricoh has unveiled its newest Theta camera, the Theta S. This camera is styled similarly to the maker's other Theta cameras, and is able to record 360-degree content. The camera maker introduced the new model at IFA 2015...
Autonomous robosub hunts starfish with poison-tipped needles
Engadget - 3 Sep 2015 22:59
Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) are voracious coral consumers with a propensity for population explosions, which makes them very real threats to the world's coral reefs. And while they're typically held in check by fish ...
Did You Know This Russian/Ukrainian Mail Order Bride Site Is Also the Best Blog in the World?
Gizmodo - 3 Sep 2015 22:40
It's a common misconception that the best blogs in the world are the Gawker Media blogs and PerezHilton.com/nicki-minaj. But that's just plain wrong. It's hard to believe, but there's actually a better blog out there.......
Google Chrome Just Got a Lot Faster
Gizmodo - 3 Sep 2015 22:35
After months--if not years--of bellyaching over slow speeds and shaky stability , Google finally announced an array of improvements to Chrome that could improve the lives of millions. The company says the browser will no...
Apple will reportedly outfit the 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display
Engadget - 3 Sep 2015 22:35
Almost a year ago, Apple put a Retina display inside its 27-inch desktop. A report from 9to5Mac says we could see a high-res panel on the smaller 21.5-inch model soon as well. The word comes from Mark Gurman, who has a s...
Netflix has already decided 'Narcos' will get a second season
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 22:17
Netflix recently released its long-anticipated Narcos original series, which follows the exploits of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and the related Medellin Cartel. The first season consists of 10 episodes, and has apparentl...
The FireSleeve is a lighter koozie that could help keep you alive
Coolest Gadgets - 3 Sep 2015 22:15
If you’ve ever played a survival game, you know that it’s mandatory to have access to fire. Gather up the necessary pieces and boom, you have heat and light in-game in no time at all. In a real life situation, it’s...
Samsung teases Galaxy View tablet at the end of IFA event
Engadget - 3 Sep 2015 22:14
Samsung is making a habit of teasing its next announcement at the end of launch events. After today's Gear S2 official reveal, the company teased a new tablet: the Galaxy View. Of course, details are quite scarce right n...
Hang on, Hulu ad-free still has ads?!
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 22:11
Hulu's new "No Commercials" option might not be as "ad-free" as you may have originally suspected. While the option - revealed by the company earlier this week - is suggested to be made for those users that'd been wishin...
Angry Trump Fans Keep Emailing This Poor Woman Whose Name Is Almost "Megyn Kelly"
Gizmodo - 3 Sep 2015 22:10
Megan Kelly, a 24-year-old project manager for a marketing company in Pittsburgh, is not former attorney and current Fox News personality Megyn Kelly. But unfortunately for Megan-with-an-"a", the furious pro-Trump suppor...
Starfish-killing robots headed to Great Barrier Reef
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 21:51
Roboticists at QUT develop a robot aimed at destroying invasive starfish, thereby saving the life of the Great Barrier Reef. First trials of this robot in the sea have been completed in Queensland's Moreton Bay. More tri...
B&O's BeoPlay A6 is another would-be Sonos dethroner
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 21:48
Bang & Olufsen's Play series of more affordable, playful speakers has gained a new behemoth, in the shape of the fortune cookie-like BeoPlay A6. The unusually shaped speaker joins its smaller brethren in packing wireless...
Google's Waze faces lawsuit over alleged database theft
Slash Gear - 3 Sep 2015 21:47
Waze, the navigation app that Google bought and cops hate, is facing a lawsuit for allegedly copying a proprietary navigation database. The lawsuit is being brought by San Francisco law firm Kronenberger Rosenfeld, LLP, ...
Waze sued for allegedly stealing map data
Engadget - 3 Sep 2015 21:47
Google and its mapping service Waze are being dragged to court over allegations that Waze stole data from a rival's map database. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court on Tuesday by PhantomAlert alleges that t...